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DEFINITION: v.To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don't listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them. v. A person who is obsessed with their own wittiness.
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Egoisolated
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: ego-iso-lated
Sentence:
Etymology: ego + isolated
Pompbastic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Pompbastic Paul was proud of his perfect pathetic pun.
Etymology: pompous + bombastic
Trumpolious
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: even his wifes had issues with his trumpolious. For god sakes, he even thinks his hair looks good.
Etymology:
Autophasia
Created by: qwerty
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: auto = self, phasia from aphasia
Cosbeing
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: kaws - bee - ing
Sentence: Bart was known for his cosbeing behavior. He thought he was a comedian; but he was really just annoying everyone with his "unfunny" routines and self-amusement.
Etymology: Cosby (as in Bill Cosby), Being
Wittignoramous
Created by: jmedaris
Pronunciation: wit-ig-nor-a-mus
Sentence: As usual, the wittignoramous commandeered the conversation, dropping pearls of wisdom at the feet of us swine!
Etymology:
Witticissistic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic
Sentence: Paul is a perfectly proud, puffy, pompous witticissistic, unashamed of his own lack of humour in the so-called jokes that he constantly pushes on his unlaughing friends.
Etymology: witticism + narcissistic
Narcissudite
Created by: Holey
Pronunciation: nahr-SISS-you-dite
Sentence: Dorian continued to narcissudite long after the rest of the partygoers had edged away, but he received excellent feedback from the echo of his own voice, and reflected with satisfaction upon his half-witticisms.
Etymology: narcissist + erudite
Egowilde
Created by: wordygrrrl
Pronunciation: ego-wild
Sentence: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.
Etymology: egotistical character wild about themselves as Oscar Wilde was reportedly
Comments:
- 2006-11-16: 07:11:00
Vanwitty is a good one.
- 2006-11-16: 10:11:00
The sentences need more profile -- they are as amusing as the words: The egowilde chortled at his own jokes so loudly he could not hear anyone else speak.
Nice one Bjorn!
queeny - 2006-11-17: 14:11:00
I wish I could change my vote. sometimes I vote to early in the day. I want to change my vote. please. ps. great colourful cartoons. I love to see them printed up on a shirt or something.
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James